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Don't forget to submit your papers to Carbon... any questions, let me know. sciencedirect.com/journal/carbon . .

A New Class of Carbon Materials for Advanced CO2 Capture: Viciazites, carbon materials with adjacent nitrogen functionalities, published in Carbon doi.org/10.1016/j.carb…

It’s hot! Luckily I found an old conference freebie to help keep me cool!!! Fanning away… 🥵

This is a crazy decision… far better to have 16-24, and my prediction will be a U turn on 21. The principle of the levy is now broken. Higher skills will now decline particularly in health… 😢

And I wasn’t alone in thinking its bad… feweek.co.uk/disbelief-at-p…

This might seem like a concession, but it is not especially those that access HE through foundation courses or makes no allowance for placement years or other circumstances… bad policy leads to bad results - higher tech skills needed @bphillipsonMP feweek.co.uk/phillipson-to-…

You can see a short presentation on the work here… youtu.be/i8DgzvhxwtY?si…

Looking forward to presenting our work on Employer Facing Education later this week at #eSTEeMConf25 - Wed & Thur Join the discussions throughout the conference via @OU_eSTEeM

Interesting reading of the post.parliament.uk/decarbonising-… brief this morning. No mention of critical minerals or the infrastructure needed for EVs. We need to have a comprehensive LCA to secure more environmental sound ways forward… some old ideas too on shared ownership

“The government’s forthcoming apprenticeship reforms will deter many employers from upskilling their workforce via higher and degree apprenticeships, according to 69% of the nation’s universities.” Important to retain Level 7 skills uvac.ac.uk/universities-f…

@UKRIO @Impacthublondon Great to be here and contributing to this important event and guidance in progress by @UKRIO #UKRIOAuthorshipWorkshops

📍We are about to kick off the second of our #UKRIOAuthorshipWorkshops. This in-person workshop at @Impacthublondon brings together 40+ research stakeholders from across the UK to build on the work started in last week’s virtual session. Learn more: linkedin.com/posts/ukrio_uk…

Applications are now open for 2025 PhD projects with CENTA, a consortium of research-intensive universities and institutes, offering doctoral research training in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Find out what opportunities there are with the OU: centa.ac.uk/studentship/?_…

December headline from 24 years ago.

Proud to have signed a letter to @rachelreevesMP to #KeepFundingL7Apprenticeships (coordinated by @UniAlliance) The UK economy needs high level skills and workers need the opportunity to up-skill especially in #STEM bit.ly/L7Apprenticesh…

My new badge arrived in the inbox today… #AssociationOfMentalHealthFirstAiders #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthFirstAiders #WorkplaceWellbeing

Supporting @RAEngNews & #NationalEngineeringDay celebrating brilliant engineers. Whilst I never met #Brunel (besides in wax), he had a big influence, esp. when I helped to create @utcswindon from his old engine sheds. Legacy lives on with new engineers through education @OU_STEM

Today is #NationalEngineeringDay - a celebration of how #engineers make a difference in the world and shape the future, and the theme for this year is 'engineering role models'. We’ve 'engineered' some fantastic free resources to mark the occasion... open.edu/openlearn/nati…

The most moving remembrance at #stowe @nationaltrust with complete silence at 11 with the last post.. I’ve been to a few and this was the most moving as the guns fell silent

Early pre-dawn start, at @nationaltrust stowe gardens for the event ‘for your tomorrow’ recognising the fallen… very moving and solemn. Very grateful for the sacrifice of the earlier generations.

@OpenUniversity Fabulous

Best stage crossing of the season so far? 🫨 #OUfamily

Off to London for the #OU graduation ceremony… congrats to all our graduates attending- see you later #OUfamily